Picttjre-btttton



'NTTED STATES PATENT CFFTSCE.

R. E. HITCHCOCK, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

PICTURE-BUTTON.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No. 38,038, dated August 13, 1861.

' To all whom it may concer/n:

Be it known that I, R. E. HITCHCOCK, of 5 /Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and mproved Picture-Button; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reterence being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, represents a vertical central section of a button or medal with two pictures. Fig. 2, is an inverted plan of one ot its parts detached. Fig. 3, isa vertical central section of a button with one picture.

Similar letters in the three figures indicate corresponding parts.

To enable those skilled in the art to malte and use my invention I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawing.

My buttons or medals are made ot two parts. The medals are made o'l two rims A, A, such as 'represented in Fig. 2, which consists of a cup shaped piece a, of sheet iron, to which a piece of cloth or velvet of the desired color is fastened by an eye c, of brass having its edges bent over on both sides as clearly shown in Figs. l, and 2, or in any other desirable manner. Cue oic the two rims is a little lsmaller than the other as clearly shown in Fig. l, so that the cloth or velvet coverings I), can be turned over the edges of the cup shaped piece a, and the rim A', can now be inserted into the rim A, and if both are pressed together, the cloth or velvet is firmly retained between the inner cup a. and the outer cup a. The pictures (l, are placed between the two rims A, A', as clearly shown in Fig. l, and if it is desired aloop e, may be fastened between the two rims so that the medal can be suspended from or hung up to any desired place.

it want to produce a button, the rim A, is dispensed with, and instead of the same the ordinary back B, of a button is inserted into the rim A, he cloth or velvet covering of said rim being pressed in and held in its )lace by said back. picture (Z, is used, and the button can now be attached to a garment or to any other place with the same convenience as an ordinary button and by the use of cloth or velvet for the covering I am enabled to adapt its color to the article with which it is to be used, and by having the pictures on the buttons can give to the same the desired variety.

I do not claim broadly the invention of picture buttons nor medals, but,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent as an improved article of manufacture, is,

A picture medal or button, constructed with cups a, a or back B in lieu of one of the cups, eyes c, pictures fl and cloth er velvet covering Z) and otherwise made as herein showirand described.

R. E. HITCHCOCK.

vWitnesses A. E. BEACH, PETER Coonu.

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